“Under this scheme, the specialist is the hero and the dilettante is but a cautionary tale: the person who never committed, never finished, never got good enough at any one thing.”
“Find your passion” is career advice written by people who need you to stay in one lane. Specialists are easy to hire, easy to replace and easy to manage. The dilettante is hard to optimize, and that’s the point. Being curious about everything is not a character flaw.